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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 19, 2020
- 3 min
Grooming Horses
Grooming is the first thing you do with your horse after catching them. The quality of grooming time can set the tone for all that’s to f...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 19, 2020
- 3 min
Chatting With Horses
Recently I found myself saying to a student, ‘it’s a conversation, not a command’. This one phrase is probably the most important thing I...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 19, 2020
- 3 min
What is Training?
Training is the action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behaviour, according to Google. The main word in this...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 19, 2020
- 3 min
Heads Up! And How to Avoid This
One thing many people have difficulty with is horses sticking their heads up when under saddle. This is undesirable for a number of reaso...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 5, 2019
- 3 min
The Head Drop
Asking a horse to drop their head with a soft and immediate response is one of the best things you will ever train into your horse. When ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
From Domination to Listening
Recently a student pointed out that my work is defined by how I listen to horses. The traditional way of interacting with horses is to te...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 31, 2019
- 3 min
Positive Reinforcement
Many people use positive reinforcement with horses, instead of or as well as other forms of training (negative reinforcement, habituation...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 17, 2019
- 3 min
The Art of Lunging
When a young horse misbehaves, the lead mare may send them out of the herd, running them in circles until they give signals saying they a...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 1, 2018
- 3 min
Considerate Horsemanship
For quite a while I have been trying to work out exactly what it is that I do with horses. I have called it Natural Horsemanship, and in ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- May 1, 2018
- 3 min
MAKE IT EASY
Here’s a good question to ask. When I am with my horse am I making it easy for my horse to succeed or difficult? Sometimes I see people m...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Feb 28, 2018
- 3 min
Desensitisation
So what is desensitisation? Well the opposite of sensitisation! And that’s the tricky bit, you must be very clear of what you’re doing as...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jan 1, 2018
- 3 min
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE REWARD
Whenever your horse does something that you've asked for it's imperative that you give a reward. This reward lets the horse know that the...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Dec 1, 2017
- 3 min
THE CONVERSATION
When I meet a new horse we often go through what I call ‘the conversation’. This is where we check each other out and decide how we’re go...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 31, 2017
- 3 min
THE PASSENGER GAME
This is a great game to play with any horse that has a rusty ‘go button’. It develops forwardness in the horse, gets snappy responses to ...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Oct 1, 2017
- 3 min
TRAINING/DETRAINING
TRAINING/DETRAINING Everything we do with our horses is training them or de-training them. We call it training when the horse ends up doi...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Aug 22, 2017
- 3 min
PREPARATION AND CONFIDENCE BUILDING
This heading sounds a bit like a topic for a conference, not the horse paddock. But it’s a very important subject to be aware of when wor...
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Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
- Jul 1, 2017
- 3 min
EXPAND AND CONTRACT
Here is a great little exercise that will improve your feel for your horse and your riding skills, make your horse suppler, and increase ...
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